I saw the documentary From Jail to Jihad, which Esmerelda refers to in her post here.

The BBC should be educating the British (and non-British through its World Service) about the dangers of Islam, but, as is well known, it does the opposite. With some notable exceptions, the BBC is a vehicle for Islamic propaganda. Channel 4, makers of the excellent Undercover Mosque documentary, must do the job the BBC fails to do.

The choice of subject was significant and timely. Proportionally more Muslims are in prison than of any other group: 11% of the prison population and 3% of the population as a whole. The documentary made clear that it was focussing on “common criminals” rather than terrorists. Once in prison, these Muslims come into contact, we are told, with “extremists”, and are “radicalised”, such that they believe criminal behaviour is acceptable if it is perpetrated against the non-believers or kuffar. Some reformed extremists/criminals – I am very cynical about these Ed-Husain-style “prodigal sons” – said that they had been told it was acceptable to steal from the kuffar because if the kuffar have money, that money rightfully belongs to Allah and Islam.

Our solution has been to use Government-appointed Imams who tell them that criminal behaviour of any kind is unacceptable in Islam and forms no part of it. The obvious flaw in this strategy is that it is based on a false premise. Crime against the kuffar is acceptable in Islam, especially if the kuffar refuse to obey the laws of dhimmi. Mohammed himself, and his closest companions, robbed, murdered and raped, as is proudly told in the hadith. Thus the official Government line on Islam – that it is peaceful and non-violent – is a lie. The Muslim criminals know it is a lie and do not accept it.

Even the "official Imams" could not manage to whitewash Islam properly. The best one of them could manage was to tell a group of Muslim criminals to remember that, although some were Asian, some Black, and some Arab, they shouldn't fight because they were "brothers". This kind of community cohesion we can do without.

My criticism of an otherwise fine documentary, was that the presenter kept referring to “extreme Islam” or “a distorted version of Islam” to describe the true Islam. But what was shown spoke more eloquently than what was said. Generally a job well done.

The documentary will almost certainly be shown on YouTube or GoogleVideo at some point. I will keep an eye out for it.